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The Governor of Florida is running for reelection claiming he won’t back down from a fight to keep Florida free. Ron DeSantis claims he is fighting for the freedom of the Sunshine State residents. This sounds like a good thing. Here is a list of the freedoms he has procured for Floridians in the last four years.
We are now free to spread killer diseases in schools, workplaces, and community gatherings when we do not get a vaccination.
We are free to ban books we don’t like even if we are the only one who doesn’t like the book.
We are free to agree with the governor to avoid facing reprisals.
We are free to carry an unwanted pregnancy. Oddly, a teenager is not free to have an abortion because they are not mature enough to make that decision. But they will somehow be mature enough to raise the child they are forced to birth.
In school and workplaces, we are free to abuse others sexual and gender differences.
We are free to marginalize and abuse members of the LGBTQ+ community.
In school and workplaces, we are free to discuss racism according to white supremacists’ indoctrination. We are free to whitewash our history.
We are free to attend schools staffed by unqualified teachers or no teachers at all.
We are free to reject any effort to improve interaction between divergent groups of people in an effort to live together in safety.
Parents are free to sue a teacher who says something the parent is offended by.
We are free to avoid voting if we lean democratic and an election police force has been formed to assist that effort.
We are free to support business practices detrimental to the health of the climate.
Businesses in Florida are free to choose from the governor’s list of approved investment opportunities that do not support efforts to save the planet.
We are free to be killed by someone carrying a gun who is frightened by our presence.
White males are free to be masochistic, bigoted, and racist.
And apparently, Floridians are free to happily continue voting for the very people who are taking away their freedoms. The governor is not out for you. His focus is only on building personal wealth and power.
The governor has certainly not backed down from his fight for freedom no matter how much the people of Florida are damaged by his actions.
See you next time.